Poet, Entertainer and Poetry Educator

Brief Bio:

Cameron is a Melbourne-based, award-winning poet and performer, with 15 books and 4 CDs of his poetry published to date. He makes his living through words: running workshops, writing books and performing live throughout Australia. Cameron is a 'Vision Artist' with World Vision Australia. He lives in the Dandenong Ranges with his 2 young children.

This is what Cameron has to offer the world:

Poetry performance

Poetry workshops

Book design and layout

1. Poetry Performance

Cameron is a highly experienced and award winning performance poet. Doing on average 50 gigs a year at a wide range of venues and events, for adults and kids alike. So, if you're looking for thoughtful, meaningful entertainment – Cam’s your man!

2. Poetry workshops:

Cameron regularly runs poetry workshops for children, teens and adults. So, if you're looking for a poet to inspire and enable others – get onto him! For teachers: go to the Schools Poetry Workshops page. For aspiring writers: check out the Gigs page for workshops he himself is putting on.

3. Book design and layout:

Cameron has recently branched out into book design and layout. He can help you with physical book layout, eBook layout and cover design for both. For details click on the Publishing tab above.

A Short History of Cameron Semmens:

Born and raised in Hobart, Tasmania, Cameron was a quiet and shy child who did not excel at school. Interestingly, he didn't even pass English in Year 12, even though he enjoyed it.

As a teenager he discovered a love for words and a surprising capacity for public speaking which soon flaring into performance poetry. Also, at this time, he developed a passion for truth and spirituality, which bloomed into Christian faith. Both have become defining elements of his life.

In 1994 he published his first book of poems, Splat, a spirited selection with lots of youth appeal (and plenty of pimple poems) encouraged and enabled by his church community.

In 1995 he was offered a scholarship to study Acting at The Australian College of Entertainment (ACE). He took the offer and moved to Sydney. This afforded Cameron an incredible opportunity to develop his performance skills, and explore his potential as a creative communicator. He was also honoured to win numerous student awards, including Actor of The Year, Scriptwriter of The Year and Overall Student of the Year.

Over the following years he developed a reputation as a popular, entertaining poet winning several poetry competitions around Sydney and doing many performances and workshops. During this time he 'kept his day job' - working as a professional carer for people with disabilities.

In 2006 Cameron moved to Melbourne. His poetry and performance career blossomed, and for the first time, he was able to make a full living from his art-form.

Cameron now lives in the Dandenong Ranges, on the bushy outskirts of Melbourne, with his two young children Spencer and Mieka.

Strange Titbits and Quirky Facts about Cam:

He was dragged into a political media frenzy by the British Tabloids when he had the same domain name as David Cameron, the Prime Minister of UK: webcameron – but he as the DOT COM!

He performed in Government House, Canberra, for Prime Minister Rudd the week he got ousted, while literally rubbing shoulders with future Prime Minister Abbott. Weirdness!

His wife tried to sell him on eBay. She pitched him as a poet that people could become a patron of for 1 year for $25,000. No-one bought it.